Hundreds of householders in Northumberland are to take on a scrapheap challenge.

Two trials to boost the amount of paper recycled rather than dumped are to be launched.

More than 1,500 households in six villages are being invited to take part in the green scheme.

In the villages of Fourstones, Newbrough and Warden, near Hexham, 500 homes will be given paper carrier bags to hold unwanted paper. The bags as well as the contents can be recycled making disposal and collection simpler.